At the age of 27 this young woman at the height of her reproductive years was sterilised to "protect the planet".
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"Having children is selfish. It's all about maintaining your genetic line at the expense of the planet," says Toni, 35.
"Every person who is born uses more food, more water, more land, more fossil fuels, more trees and produces more rubbish, more pollution, more greenhouse gases, and adds to the problem of over-population."
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"I realised then that a baby would pollute the planet - and that never having a child was the most environmentally friendly thing I could do."
These women seem to not understand that humans, just like every other animal species on the planet, has to reproduce or the species will die out. It's not about "maintaining your genetic line". It's about survival of the species.
Read more, if you must.
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"Having children is selfish. It's all about maintaining your genetic line at the expense of the planet," says Toni, 35.
"Every person who is born uses more food, more water, more land, more fossil fuels, more trees and produces more rubbish, more pollution, more greenhouse gases, and adds to the problem of over-population."
...
"I realised then that a baby would pollute the planet - and that never having a child was the most environmentally friendly thing I could do."
These women seem to not understand that humans, just like every other animal species on the planet, has to reproduce or the species will die out. It's not about "maintaining your genetic line". It's about survival of the species.
Read more, if you must.
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